Roller skate



W. D. FERRIS ROLLER SKATE Filed June 25,1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 w. D. FERls ROLLER SKATE Filed June 5, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ZZ-zwem Dj/@fpm Patented Dec. 3, 1935 PATENT OFFICE 2,023,128 ROLLER SKATE William D. Ferris, Sterling, Ill.,

assignor to Hustler Corporation; Sterling, Ill., a corporation of Illinois Appiimion June 25; '1934, Serin No. 732,271

` 6 claims; (o1. 20S- 173) varrangement whereby means are provided for partially enclosing the Wheels of the skate, forining mud guards or fenders therefor, of any suit! able or desired shape.

It is also an object to provide a novel construc- 'tion and arrangement whereby the said mud-Y guards or fendersare preferably attached to and held rigid with the trucks on the under side of the foot-piece of the skate, so that notwithstanding the freedom of motion of the trucks, within limits, relatively to the foot-piece of the skate, each mudguard or fender maintains a fixed position relatively to its allotted Wheel.

To the foregoing and other useful ends, the inc vention consists in certain features of construction and combinations tending to increasce the general efficiency and the desirability of a rollerskate with mudguards or fenders of this particular character.

To the foregoing and other useful ends, the invention consists in matters hereinafter set forth and claimed, and shown in the accompanying drawings in which- Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a roller-skate provided with wheels having mud-guards or fenders embodying the principles of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section on line 2 2 in Fig. l of the drawings.

Fig. 3 is a perspective of one of the mud-guards or fenders shown in Figs, l and 2 of the drawings.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a wheel and mudguard or fender, showing a diierent form of the invention.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on line 5 5 in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to that in Fig. 4, showing a different form of the invention.

Fig. '7 is a horizontal section on line 1 in Fig. 6 of the drawings.

Fig. 8 is a view similar to that in Fig. 4, showing a different form of the invention.

Fig. 9 is a vertical section on line 8 9 in Fig. 8 of the drawings.

As thus illustrated, the invention comprises a roller-skate having a foot-piece l of any suitable character, wheels 2, and trucks 3 on the under side of the foot-piece, said trucks being pivoted at 5, in the well-known manner, so that the foot-piece may tilt down at either side thereof, in the wellknown manner, as in following a circle, the trucks having axles 5 upon which the said wheels 2 are held by the nuts 6, below the foot-piece, in vthe usual and Well-known manner. As shown in Figs.'`

1, 2, and 3, the mud-guards or fenders i are disll posed over the wheels, below the foot-piece, and are preferably made of sheet metal and formed 5" with inner and outer sidewalls integrally con:V nected by a curved upper wall. rIfhe inner side' is cutaway at 8, forming an opening which will' fit over the adjacent endportion of the truck' 3, a portion of the said inner wall being set 't 1g a distance from the plane thereof, so that .the said opening is not inthe plane of the inner side wall, as shown more clearly in Figs, 2 and 3 of the drawings. The axle 5 has a sleeve 9 thereon, and is clamped against the side of the 15 truck 3 by the nut 6, and the outer side wall of the mud-guard or fender may be pierced to fit the axle bolt 5, and clamped between the nut 6 and the adjacent end of the sleeve 9, as shown in Fig.

2 of the drawings. It will be understood, of 20 course, that the axle bolts 5 extend clear through, and that some of the nuts 6 may be integral bolt heads, while the others are threaded to screw on to the threaded ends of the axle bolts.

In this way, the mud-guards or fenders are 25 applied in the manner shown, to partially enclose the Wheels of the skate, and are attached in place to an ordinary skate Without any change in the construction of the latter, the invention utilizing the means or elements already 30 found on the skate, in order to satisfactorily attach and hold the mud-guards or fenders rigidly in position. Inasrnuch as the mud-guards or fenders are in effect mounted on the trucks of the wheels, it follows that each mud-guard or 35 fender will have a fixed position relatively to its allotted Wheel, so that the foot-plate of the skate, when it tilts to one side or the other, Will not change the fixed relation between each mud guard or fender and its allotted wheel. '40

As shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the construction is substantially the saine as that previously described, except that in this case the inner wall of the mud-guard or fender is provided with in- Wardly extending struck-out lugs Il! that engage 45 the under side of the truck 3, so that in this case, as in the construction previously described, the mud-guard or fender is held against rocking on the axis of the wheels.

As shown in Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings, the 50 construction is substantially the same as previously described, except that in this case the inner and outer Walls of the mud-guard or fender are provided with outwardly extending lugs H for engagement with the end of the adjacent 55 truck 3, the lug that thus engages the truck being the one which happens to be on the inside wall of the mud-guard or fender, depending upon the wheel of the skate to which the mudguard or fender is applied, it being understood that the forward truck of the wheel tilts about a longitudinal forwardly inclined axis, while the rear truck tilts about a rearwardly inclined longitudinal axis, so that the truck for the rear Wheels is in a somewhat diierent position from that of the front wheels.

In Figs. 8 and 9 the axle bolt 5 has a ilat lower side l2 that engages the straight edges I3 of the holes in the mudguard l, so that the latter Ais held against turning on said axle.

In each form of the invention, therefore, each Wheel of the skate has an individual mud-guard or fender, and in each form of the invention the mud-guard or fender is held rigid with the pivoted truck on which the wheel is mounted,fso that the mud-guards or fenders are maintained in iixed relation to their allotted wheels, regardless of the tilting action of the trucks on the lower side of the foot-piece.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A roller-skate provided with a foot-piece having pivoted trucks on the under side thereof, said trucks having axles, wheels monuted on said axles, mud-guards or fenders partially enclosing said wheels, and means for holding the mud-guards or fenders rigid with said trucks, whereby each mud-guard or fender has a xed position relatively to its allotted wheel.

2. A structure as specied in claim 1, each mud-gard or fender having an inner wall formed with an opening to fit the adjacent end of the truck, thereby to keep the mud-guard or fender from rocking about the axis of its allotted wheel.

3. A structure as specied in claim 1, each mud-guard or fender having an inner wall provided with lugs for engagement with the adjacent end of the truck, serving to prevent the 10 mud-guard or fender from rocking about the. axis of its allotted wheel.

4. A structure as specified in claim 1, each axle having a bolt flattened on one side thereof, and each mud-guard or fender having inner and outer side walls provided with holes to fit the flattened side of the axle bolt, thereby to preventfthe mud-guard or fender from rocking about the axis of its allotted wheel.

5. A structure as speciiied in claim 1, each mudguard or fender having an outer side wall fastened to the adjacent outer end portion of one of said axles.

6. A structure as specified in claim 1, each mudguard or fender having an outer side wall, and said means for holding'the mudguards or fenders rigid with the trucks comprising nuts on the outer end portions of said axles, and shoulders on said axles bearing against the inner surfaces oi the outer side wall of each mudguard or fender, said nuts being operative to clamp the side walls against said shoulders.

WILLIAM D. FERRIS. 

